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Fed Executive Branch

Federal Executive Branch - PES

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Article II Lists powers of the Executive Branch
12th Amendment Pertains to the election of the President and the Vice President
20th Amendment Pertains to the commencement of terms, sessions of Congress, and the death or disqualification of the President-Elect
22nd Amendment Presidential tenure
25th Amendment Presidential succession, Vice Presidential vacancy, Presidential instability
Presidential Primary Election at which a party's voters: -choose some or all of a state party organization's delegates to that party's national convention AND/OR -Express a preference among various contenders for the party's Presidential nomination
Winner-Take-All Almost obsolete system whereby the Presidential aspirant who won the preference vote in a primary automatically won the support of all the delegates chosen in the primary
Ordinance Power Power of the President to issue Executive Orders (Directive, rule, or regulation having the effect of law)
Appointment Power Power of the President to appoint leaders of big national organizations
Treaty Formal agreement between 2 or more sovereign states
Recognition Power Acting for the U.S., the President acknowledges the legal existence of a country and admits them to the League of nations
War Powers Resolution Within 98 hours of sending American forces to combat abroad, President must report to Congress about situation and actions. -Combat must end in 60 days unless Congress decides to add 30 days -Congress can end the combat at any time by passing a resoluti
Pardon Release from punishment of legal consequences of a crime by the President in a Federal case or the Governor in a State case
Amnesty General pardon offered to a law violator (usually a foreign ambassador of sorts)
Reprieve Official postponement of the execution of a sentence
Cabinet Presidential advisory body traditionally composed of heads of Executive Departments and other officers the President may choose
Executive Office of the President Exists to help the President in the exercise of his Executive power
Federal Bureaucracy All of the agencies, people, and procedures through which the Federal Government operates
Office of Management & Budget Task is to prepare Federal Budget (financial document which is a detailed estimate of receipts and expenditures)
Agency Any governmental body
Commission Agencies charged with the regulation of business activities
Department Agencies of Cabinet rank
Bureau Major elements in a department
Staff Serve in a support capacity to several units that make up any administrative organization
Independent Regulatory Commissions Agencies located outside of departments and often out of the reach of the President
Civil Service System by which much of the bureaucracy is staffed today
Isolation Purposeful refusal to become especially involved in the affairs of the rest of the world
State Department Headed by the Secretary of State and assists the President in foreign affairs
Central Intelligence Agency Coordinates information gathering activities of all State, Defense, and other Federal Agencies involved in areas of foreign affairs and national defense
Selective Service Selects those to be drafted into the military
Deterrence Policy of making the U.S.A. and its allies so strong it deters others from attacking
Containment Containing Soviet Communism within its boundaries as a way to reduce the influence of Soviet Communism on the rest of the world and eventually cause the collapse of Soviet Communism
Deténte Relaxation of tensions to improve foreign relations
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